what do those acronyms mean? (POP3 etc)

not just what they stand for, but what they actually mean

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 8th 2011 at 12:49:12

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Anyone around who understands the tech behind setting up email accounts? (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:20:24
- any particular reason you want to set it up as IMAP? (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 8, 12:46:32
  - IMAP is good if you want your mailboxes synchronized between devices (General Chat) - Ben, Jul 8, 12:55:47
    - How much do you pay for the Google App version? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:58:17
      - Google Apps is free:-) (General Chat) - Ben, Jul 8, 13:26:59
  - what do those acronyms mean? (POP3 etc) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 8, 12:49:12
    - The p on the end will always stand for protocol (General Chat) - pants, Jul 8, 13:44:52
      - Can you pop round and have a look at my washing machine? (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 8, 13:57:04
  - I was using POP3 before, but it was wiping them from my phone (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:48:55
    - FAO Conker (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 8, 23:41:17
- Problem will be with you authentication I think (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 8, 12:39:22
  - Tried all that mate and no joy (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:44:49
- I've been using Google Apps for my email (General Chat) - Ben, Jul 8, 12:31:37
  - So a work branded gmail account? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:45:12
    - Yup (General Chat) - Ben, Jul 8, 12:53:44
- You probably want to use SMTP as your outgoing provider, not IMAP (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 8, 12:22:12
  - like knob or twat? I might try it :) (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:45:32
  - Personally, I think he should use RTFM (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 8, 12:32:26
    - I'm on Outlook 2007 (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:45:50
      - Makes no difference. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 8, 12:52:36
        
        I've had it set us smtpout.secureserver.net (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:53:58
        
        And asked it to send the right authentication? (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 8, 12:55:23
      - rtfoutlook2007m then (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 8, 12:47:02
        
        Quite. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 8, 12:54:00
        
        I've looked there, read that and had no joy. Hence why I am here (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 8, 12:54:49
        
        ... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 8, 12:56:00
  - COCK? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 8, 12:30:52
  - lo (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 8, 12:23:26
    - l (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 8, 12:23:41

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